Khuzestan Dust Storms: From Diplomacy to Forecasting

Despite years of negotiations and memoranda of understanding with neighboring countries, why has no favorable outcome been achieved on transboundary dust in Khuzestan Province? This was the question raised at the meeting of the National Headquarters for Policymaking and Coordination of Dust Phenomenon Management, held October 13 at the Department of Environment. At the meeting, two global monitoring systems for dust sources and a decision-support system for dust in Khuzestan Province were unveiled.

Why, despite years of negotiation and signing of memorandums with neighboring countries, no favorable result has been achieved regarding cross-border dust in Khuzestan province? This is the question that was raised in the meeting of the National Headquarters for Policy and Coordination of Dust Phenomenon Management. A meeting was held on the 21st of Mehr in the Environmental Protection Organization, in which the two global systems for monitoring dust centers and the dust decision support system of Khuzestan province were presented. See more details in this report.